Independent 7307/Dac
Posted by John on March 18th, 2010
An unusual Thursday appearance for Dac, caused by the jiggling necessary to fit in Virgilius’s St Patrick’s Day crossword on Wednesday, so this must be one of the gentler Thursday offerings; but surely as good as any.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | B OUNCE |
| 4 | QUI P{o}STER |
| 9 | C{upid} OME(0)N — nice &lit. |
| 10 | JO(HAN{d})NES |
| 11 | DIVER GENT — this is easy enough, but I went down the wrong path by thinking that various led to divers |
| 13 | T RICE — Sir Tim |
| 14 | WENT TO PIECES — 2 defs — the pieces are chessmen |
| 18 | MADEMOISELLE — is in (male model)*, e{vent} |
| 21 | RANGE — 2 defs |
| 22 | SAFETY PIN — (yes if pant{s})* |
| 24 | STEGODON — (n(o dog)et’s)rev. |
| 25 | ON LINE — (El Nino)* — I was surprised that it is given as two words — surely the surface refers to the internet |
| 26 | S(IDE D IS)H |
| 27 | DR AGON{y} |
| Down | |
| 1 | BACK DOWN — 2 defs |
| 2 | UNMOVING — 2 defs — if something fails to move you it doesn’t move you to tears |
| 3 | CH O{rgan}(1)R{ecital} |
| 5 | UP ON THE ROOF — ref. Fiddler on the Roof and also the song Up on the Roof |
| 6 | PEAR TREES — (Repartee’s)* |
| 7 | TINT IN |
| 8 | RU SHE’D — the game is very often rugby union |
| 12 | EXPRESSIONS — 2 defs |
| 15 | TRAPEZOID — trap (d(1)oze)rev. |
| 16 | S(L)IPPING |
| 17 | SEAN PENN — “shorn pen” |
| 19 | CR IS IS |
| 20 | IN T{HE} END |
| 23 | thaT ONE Regularly — hidden |
March 18th, 2010 at 9:16 am
Thank you John.
As good as always, and pangrammatic too…
March 18th, 2010 at 11:45 am
Super puzzle as always from Dac, which I spoiled by putting SEAN BEAN in for 17dn. Memo to self: read the clue, as this normally leads to the correct answer.
March 18th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Yes, this was good as always from Dac, not too hard, TRAPEZOID and STEGODON (new word to me that I got from the wordplay) were my last answers.
March 18th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Enjoyable as always from Dac. Favourites 13 across and 17 down.
March 19th, 2010 at 9:07 am
Liked 13A – Right and side easier than left.
Please can someone explain:
1A See black feline jump = bounce
and
26A Mum = SH (now i see the answer I understand “ide D is”, but did not complete as I had not heard of the fish)
March 19th, 2010 at 9:23 am
Merlyn,
1ac. B (black) + Ounce (a type of wild cat) = Bounce (jump).
26ac. SH (Be Quiet = “Keep Mum”).
March 19th, 2010 at 10:32 am
Excellent puzzle. Once I realised the grid was likely to be pangrammatic I knew my last two answers had to feature Z and J respectively.
13ac was easy but probably my favourite.
Merlyn: IDE is a popular fish with crossword setters. It fills many a gap.
Colin
March 20th, 2010 at 9:04 pm
Ian – many thanks – it seems ‘obsure fauna’ is a reference book that I need to look into!